Cool Nature Photos

[Fuddy1952]

In our woods. The mother moves it every day or so. I didn't touch it.

 

[Thomas]

In our woods. The mother moves it every day or so. I didn't touch it.View attachment 658286View attachment 658287View attachment 658288

:thumbsup: But yet another of mother nature wonders.

 

[snymat68]

Wife found this little guy on a walking trail by a lake. Busy trail. Surprised it didn't get squished. Probably newly hatched. We moved it to the lake side of the trail. Literally the size of a cough drop. I didn't have a coin for size comparison.

That's so cool!

 

[snymat68]

Some of my best photos from a day trip on Saturday.
Click for high res.

Leesburg Falls near Grove City, PA


H e ll's Hollow Falls near Portersville, PA


Lake Arthur at Moraine State Park near Portersville, PA

 

[Fuddy1952]

Some of my best photos from a day trip on Saturday.
Click for high res.

Leesburg Falls near Grove City, PA
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H e ll's Hollow Falls near Portersville, PA
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Lake Arthur at Moraine State Park near Portersville, PA
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Where's the like button and what beautiful prints they would make.

 

[Diggin It]

Wife found this little guy on a walking trail by a lake. Busy trail. Surprised it didn't get squished. Probably newly hatched. We moved it to the lake side of the trail.

I see them about the size of softballs quite often. I usually pick them up and place them on the other side of the road, whichever direction they were headed. Couple of weeks back, I saw one closer to the size of a car tire. Looked like one of those that could take a finger off. Or a hand. Didn't get close to that one.

Dangdest thing was, it was at the edge of the road, looking one way, then the other. Then back again. Waited until there were no cars close by before moving forward. Not making that up either. One of the few times I wished I had thought to make a veedeeoooo.

 

[Fuddy1952]

I was raking a pile of wet oak leaves a little while ago and there was this red eft. All these years my wife thought I was joking, finally found one to show her.

 

[Jstpssng]

I see them about the size of softballs quite often. I usually pick them up and place them on the other side of the road, whichever direction they were headed. Couple of weeks back, I saw one closer to the size of a car tire. Looked like one of those that could take a finger off. Or a hand. Didn't get close to that one.

Dangdest thing was, it was at the edge of the road, looking one way, then the other. Then back again. Waited until there were no cars close by before moving forward. Not making that up either. One of the few times I wished I had thought to make a veedeeoooo.

I see them often this time of year. If I can safely do it I will stop and help them across. The best way to move a snapper is with a shovel. You would think he would be more appreciative of your help.

A couple of times I've come across them laying on their back in the middle of the road. They didn't get that way alone, and I don't believe that it was devine intervention.

 

[MossRoad]

That's so cool!

I've found a lot of baby turtles in my life, but that one it definitely the smallest one I ever found. We think it's a cooter.

 

[Jstpssng]

I've found a lot of baby turtles in my life, but that one it definitely the smallest one I ever found. We think it's a cooter.

I once found a baby snapper in fall just out of the egg, which was about the size of a silver dollar. I bypassed the survival of the fittest and carried it down to the water's edge. about 20 years ago I read an article on snappers in Fur-Fish-Game which claimed when a turtle lays it's eggs they winter over and hatch the following year but I don't believe that.

 

[MossRoad]

I once found a baby snapper in fall just out of the egg, which was about the size of a silver dollar. I bypassed the survival of the fittest and carried it down to the water's edge. about 20 years ago I read an article on snappers in Fur-Fish-Game which claimed when a turtle lays it's eggs they winter over and hatch the following year but I don't believe that.

HOW DO BABY TURTLES SURVIVE WINTERS?

 

[ArlyA]

Here is what I believe is a painted turtle that we see on Sunday and we imagined she was looking for a sandy spot for her eggs.

 

[Jstpssng]

Here is what I believe is a painted turtle that we see on Sunday and we imagined she was looking for a sandy spot for her eggs.

That doesn't look like what we call a painted turtle around here. I could be wrong, but you might be thankful that you didn't try to pick it up. That head can go an amazing long way toward the middle of his shell.

 

[MossRoad]

Here is what I believe is a painted turtle that we see on Sunday and we imagined she was looking for a sandy spot for her eggs.

From the stripes on the top i'm gonna guess at red eared slider

 

[polo1665]

Wife found this little guy on a walking trail by a lake. Busy trail. Surprised it didn't get squished. Probably newly hatched. We moved it to the lake side of the trail. Literally the size of a cough drop. I didn't have a coin for size comparison.

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Definitely very young. Not sure of the real name for them, when I was a kid we called them "Mountain Back" turtles.

 

[deserteagle71]

Yesterday near Rogerson, Idaho. Mountains in the background are in Nevada:

It took me a half hour to figure out how to post this picture. What a convoluted mess! Did anyone figure out what changed in the picture uploading process? None of the old ways I used work anymore!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Absolutely beautiful...and that is one vintage wagon, to be sure. If it's been sitting out all this time, the climate has been very, very forgiving!

 

[dalola]

Yesterday near Rogerson, Idaho. Mountains in the background are in Nevada

Great shot! What do you suppose the distance is to those mountains?

That's such a foreign sight seeing so far across the flat terrain, situated here in the forested Appalachian foothills....can't see more than 10 feet tree-to-tree unless you get above the canopy! :laughing:

 

[deserteagle71]

Great shot! What do you suppose the distance is to those mountains?

That's such a foreign sight seeing so far across the flat terrain, situated here in the forested Appalachian foothills....can't see more than 10 feet tree-to-tree unless you get above the canopy! :laughing:

About 40 miles. Right now, looking out my office window, I can see mountains that are 50 miles away. But that's nothing for out here. There's a mountain peak about an hour's drive north of me that I climb every summer. There is a informational kiosk on top that claims that on clear fall days one can see Wheeler Peak, 225 air miles distant.

I grew up in Pennsylvania so I know what you mean about the trees and limited visibility. After the Navy moved me to Nevada years ago I got used to the vast distances and when I'd go back to visit my parents in Pennsylvania I would get claustrophobic!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

The Wheeler Peak in New Mexico? That is pretty far....

Anyway, a couple of pics of the sun breaking through the storm yesterday.